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an amazing microphone collection. There
are four RCA 44 ribbon mics, two RCA
77 mics, a couple of Neumann U 47 mics
and two M49 tube condensers as room
mikes. We started with one RCA 44 right
in front of the kick and snare and then put
a couple more a bit further back, and it
just sounded massive. We had to be careful
not to put a hole through the heads.
Wolf: Yeah, I broke one of the toms.
[laughs]
Elvis: As we wanted more emphasis on
the kit, we just started adding more mics.
And we have eight vintage Neve preamps
and Ed's old vintage API modules, and we
were monitoring on the SSL there.
Where did you track the
rest of the drums?
Wolf: Most of the drums, like seven
songs, were recorded at NRG Studios in
2015. We couldn't use 5150 because
we were rehearsing there for the Van
Halen tour at the time.
What is your bass rig?
Do you have a favorite
bass or amp?
Wolf: We loved the way that this Music
Man Stingray sounded so much that it ended
up on almost every song other than, I think,
'Resolve', where we used a Fender P-Bass.
Elvis: For amps, we set up a Fender
amp with an 8x10 cabinet, but a major
part of the sound of the record is an
Ampeg bass amp.
Do you record a DI as
well or just an amp? And
being tape, do you submix
them together?
I take a DI as well, and that stays on a
separate track, but for the amps, I'm old
school, and any multiple mics or amps
are combined.
The guitars on this album
are massive, and one thing
I hear in your guitar playing
is the use of awesome
harmonized layers.
Wolf: So many layers. If there was one
active choice we made for the guitars, it
was not to replicate my father's sound. I
didn't want to sound like my dad.
Elvis: At the start, we had a Sound
City 50 watt amp we used a lot.
Wolf: And some Marshall Super
Leads, and every now and then we used
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a 5150 amp, but mostly those Marshall
amps were the core of it.
And how did you mic the
amps?
Elvis: I don't do anything that crazy.
It's pretty standard stuff, Shure SM57,
Sennheiser MD 421, all through Neve
1073 preamps. I will throw in a Royer
R-121 from time to time if I want to get
an extra thump on the bottom.
I put them all up on faders and then just
start combining them. I get the phase right
first; that's the most important thing to me.
And then the 57 will tend to give me more
top end and the harsh midrange if I need
it, and the 421 rounds it out, and then I go
back and forth based on the part.
For a lot of the tracks, we were using
your dad's 1958 ES-335 which sounded
unbelievably good.
Wolf: I remember we were trying to
tune it and one of the tuning pegs crumbled
in my fingers.
Elvis: Yeah, and I'm going, " Oh man,
this guitar is worth so much. " I worried
every time we tuned, we might lose forty
grand. But It sounded incredible!
Wolf: I have an obsession with that
guitar for sure.
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A Family of Microphones Compared: The Audio-Technica 40 Series
Tech 21: SansAmp Classic
The Continuing Adventures of Wolf and Elvis: Recording Mammoth WVH, and the tale of ‘Stone’
Reviewed and Revisited: Merging Technologies MERGING+ANUBIS Music Mission
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Recording the Hybrid Band
Ocean Way Audio: RM1-B Ribbon Microphone
Recording Alicia Keys and the modern pop band with Brendan Morawski
Plugin Outlet: Overloud TH-U Premium
IK Multimedia: Uno Synth Pro
Session Log: The Angelheaded Hipster, Part 8: Studio Choice Matters In Part 8 of our year-long look into the making
EastWest/Quantum Leap Hollywood Orchestra OPUS Edition
Roland: TR-6S Rhythm Performer
JZ Microphones: Signature BB29
Soundware Showcase: UVI Austrian Grand
Inside The Studio with Mark Hornsby: The tale of Toy Matinee
Readers' Tracks
Fade Out: Let’s get together...or not?
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